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    Note: Last week was the end of Weight Loss Challenge 8 in the office. I lost 13 pounds in 8 weeks and finished 2nd in the challenge. Next challenge starts after labor day and will finish around thanksgiving. If I work a little harder and set a goal, I'd like to lose 14 pounds in August. This week I did let myself go and do some celebrating and today I'm getting back on the band wagon. Wish me luck.
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    Re: Weight Loss Challenge

    I've been trying to lose weight this summer too and been pretty successful! Although the past week I've been pigging out pretty hard. Lol we're in the middle of moving and haven't had time to cook and eat halfway healthy. This is my first time seeing this thread so I haven't gone back and read all 10 pages, but have you ever tried counting calories? I despised the thought of it at first. Seemed like a lot of work. But if you have a smartphone, download the app MyFitnessPal. It makes it SO easy. You type in your height, weight, age, and how active you are in the day and how quick you want to lose weight, and it tells you how many calories you can eat a day. It even has a barcode scanner so you can just scan the barcode on the food you're eating and it automatically adds all the nutrition facts in. If you're eating at a caloric deficit, you don't even have to kill yourself with ridiculous amounts of cardio. When eating halfway healthy foods and counting the calories, I was actually surprised to find I wasn't eating enough, and could still lose weight eating more! I swear by this app. Lol but good luck and keep it up!

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    Ouch, 5 pound gain. I was a little piggy after working hard for the challenge. I'm now working to getting that 5 pounds back off so I can keep going.


    Snakegeek- Keep going! I have calorie counted and swear by it. I kept a book to make me have to work hard to do it. The less I wrote in it, the better off I was. This time around I'm more relaxed about the weight coming off and it'll come off when it comes off, as long as it comes off. So I'm in a slow and steady pace for it. 25 pounds down since January 1st(not including the 5 I just gained back).
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    -Yar

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    Re: Weight Loss Challenge

    Quote Originally Posted by Pyrate81 View Post
    Previous Weigh In: 269
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    Good stuff, keep it up

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    Re: Weight Loss Challenge

    Great job on all the hard work! I went from 225 to 175 in about 4 months because all I did was run. Now when I look back at pictures of myself I looked sick because I was doing nothing but running but I was real weak from no weight training. Yea, I was thin but I sure wasn't healthy. Then I started adding in weight training with my runs (long distance every once in a while but most shorter faster ones like 1k, 800, 400, etc) and I feel a whole lot better. Resting heart rate is in the high 40s, blood pressure is great, and cholesterol is back to normal. Weight training includes squats (front and back), deadlifts, bench, presses...

    As far a food goes, I'm not a fan of the NO carb diets because that is too broad of a term. Fruits and veggies are considered carbs and you need carbs for energy. Bad carbs would be your breads, noodles and stuff like that. So you need carbs but you should be getting the good carbs and NO SUGAR!! Calories matter too but that doesn't mean you can eat 2000 calories worth of donuts and then get on a treadmill, burn 2000 calories, and think your OK. I am a big fan of the Zone meal plan because you base everything on a "block" format and don't have to sit around and keep track of a whole bunch of calories, eat special juices to supplement, blah blah blah. I understand not everyone likes it but it has worked for me and I love it. The hardest part is that first week of measuring but after that you can pretty much eyeball your food or have a few bowls/dishes around the house that you can use to know your measurements are right.

    Just my suggestion as another way to help you out.

    Again, keep up the good work and keep pushing yourself.
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    Thanks for the support guys.

    Jedi- long time no see. Thanks for the great info. You're part of the reason this thread go started.


    Previous Weigh In: 267
    Current weigh in: ???
    Lost: gained 10+ pounds


    Note- Fell off the wagon the last 2-3 weeks. I've gained at least 10+ lbs back and don't want to get back on the scale until I get back on the wagon. Been under a ton of stress lately between home and family. Things are looking up and feel the flow will start again soon.
    -Yar

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    Re: Weight Loss Challenge

    Quote Originally Posted by Pyrate81 View Post
    Note- Fell off the wagon the last 2-3 weeks. I've gained at least 10+ lbs back and don't want to get back on the scale until I get back on the wagon. Been under a ton of stress lately between home and family. Things are looking up and feel the flow will start again soon.
    Don't sweat it, that's part of the process. Biggest part is to not beat yourself up about it and Just get right back into the grind again. You'll have moments like this even after you hit your goal weight. Keep it up!

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    Notes- Been really stressed the last couple months which does not bode well for my weight. I NEED to drop the weight at least down to where I was; my back is not doing so well with the gain. But i'm back on the wagon. GF is giving me a hand this time around. It'll help me to help her get more fit than she is as well.
    -Yar

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